:: Training To create new opportunities for training in art & design, and to assist employment prospects for the local community.

:: Business space To provide quality units suitable for the design-based creative industries.

:: Participation in the visual arts To establish a facility that will encourage the participation of people from a broad range of cultural backgrounds and interests, through the promotion of visual arts.

:: Local management To provide a locally-based management structure that involves the local community and seeks to reflect their needs.

:: Support & training To provide access to business support and training facilities for tenants, and for the wider business community.

:: Promoting new designers To promote good design & encourage emerging designers through a varied programme of exhibitions.

The Burslem School of Art was once the powerhouse in developing world-renowned artist talent within the ceramics industry. For the last five years this 1905 historic Grade-II Listed Building has been run as an arts-based partnership - aimed at advancing education, training & employment and community development opportunities for local employment.

The School's success has shown the way for new culture-led regeneration projects in Burslem town - such as Ceramica, the Queen's Theatre, the Indoor Ceramics & Crafts Market, Burslem Port, and the Burslem Festival.

In 1999 our beautiful Edwardian art school was re-opened after a £1.2-million refurbishment. Since then we have staged over 200 exhibitions by local, national and international artists & designers. The School of Art is now totally self-funding and employs three people. All the school's units are now